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...that stock valuations look cheap," says Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's. "But if the earnings portion of the price-to-earnings ratio is in question, then how can you say stocks are attractive...
Saboor isn't taking any chances. The bus conductor, 30, prepares for his twice-weekly Kabul-to-Kandahar trips by exchanging his city outfit for the filthy tunic and voluminous trousers of a poor mechanic, the better to fool potential robbers. He rubs grease and dirt on his face to conceal from possible Taliban attackers that he is clean-shaven. These precautions, Saboor says, have saved his life. Just the other day, a gang of thieves robbed his passengers at gunpoint. Two weeks ago, Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off a bus and slaughtered 27 men they falsely claimed...
...entirely right to investigate Hamas and to hold it to account for the brutal killings carried out in its name. But to a certain extent we all missed another, crucial part of the election story. Such was the despair amongst Palestinians at the poor leadership of Yasser Arafat and his officials over the previous decade that they were prepared to vote for Hamas in large numbers, despite the consequences...
...relative terms, under a Democratic administration that “spreads the wealth around?” That is, even if the top four economic quintiles, say, are made better off over the next few years, can those gains reach down into the few American communities that are deeply poor, dangerous, ill-educated, jobless, and isolated...
...Household Economy Consultant” shows up at the narrator’s door, reminding the narrator and his family to save money whenever they think of pouring guests tea or buying new clothes. Though at first the narrator shows some indignation at being told he is poor, soon he is starving himself in order to save himself a little extra money. In the end, when his savings are erased, he hardly bats an eye. “You see, our hard-earned savings are always going to be taken from us by someone—whether we have...